here's keith morrison with the interrogation. >> a freak snowstorm. just before 9:00 a.m. winter or no, virginia was used to. the white blanket, a piercing sound. fire alarm. it was the last thing on his mind. >> possibly trapped inside. ramps everything up to full force. >> the alarm was on a street with starter homes. >> a lot of kids in the neighborhood. you are running a lot of things through your mind. who are the occupants that you're going to have to rescue? >> the fire, ann charles and her three children. thick black smoke poured in. part of the roof burned away. >> we were concentrating getting up to steps and getting to the rooms that we were pretty sure we had victims. >> neighbors crowded in behind police and an 18-year-old lived up the street with a single mom. an awkward sort of kid. a bit immature for his age. he had strep throat that morning, was taking antibiotics but nothing could keep him from this. his name was robert davis. >> everybody goes down there and starts launching. >> was the fire department there? >> yes, they were by then. sat there and watc

here's keith morrison with "tangled." >> you can't put words to that. it was very surreal. >> 911. where is your emergency? >> it's true, the old saying, when you marry someone, you marry their family, too. >> we need an ambulance. he looks like he's been shot. he said someone broke in last night. him and his wife both. >> not a bad thing to turn to mom or dad for advice and counsel. >> it's hard. sometimes you think maybe it didn't happen. but yet it really did. >> it's with their help and support, after all, that true love could deepen and grow, and last. >> i watched the crime scene shows on tv. i never, ever thought, it's going to be my life. >> yes, it really is all about family. the high desert opens up near pueblo, colorado, about 100 miles or so south of denver. among the highest of the nation's deserts, a little closer to heaven perhaps? this is where shannon palmer's mom and dad set out to create a good, safe, and holy life for their daughters. far from the risks and temptations of the city. >> it was awesome. got to grow up with horses and dogs everywhere and chickens an

here again is keith morrison with more of our story.olympic glory does not always translate into material wealth. in fact, said detectives, as they sifted through dave and jane's financial records, they found evidence they were struggling. >> the lauts' finances were -- they were just living beyond their means. it was poor bookkeeping, poor management of the bills. it didn't happen just before the shooting. this has been going on for years and years and years. >> after dave was killed, said don and rebecca, they found out jane had been borrowing money from her mother-in-law. >> jane asked her for a lot of money, gave her different excuses why she needed money. >> to pay mortgages or something like that? >> mortgages, doctor bills, school -- >> supplies. >> -- school supplies. >> how much are we talking about here? >> thousands and thousands of dollars. it was a lot. >> when they found out dave had three life insurance policies? >> i believe we totaled it all up, and i think it came to 300, $350,000, somewhere in that neighborhood, that

here's keith morrison with "under a full moon." >> she was finished now. she hit the jackpot in las vegas. a handsome husband, adorable daughter an good job, but there is a dark side to sin city and sadly, the beautiful cocktail waitress became its victim. in cases like this, the husband is often a suspect, but the crime scene was telling vest garretts something else and a they got a hot tip, but like so many things in vegas, nothing was as it seemed. here's keith morrison with under the full moon. >> she was finished now. tired, wrung out. must have been, as she walked away from the incessantly chirping machinery and the bleary eyes of the gamblers on holiday from real life who'd called out for her again and again and again. outside in the night, a full moon bathed the great houses of delight and sin in an unaccustomed shade of pale. it was september 29th, 2012. at precisely 3:00 in the morning, in a back room of the palms casino, the cocktail waitress named shauna tiaffay inserted her time card in the staffing machine and set out to break a little rule.

here's keith morrison with smoke and mirrors. >> it wasn't like this, you have to understand. it wasn't gray. it wasn't cold. no flecks of snow to drift and catch the bitter breeze. no, no, it was hot and it was late after midnight, september 27th, 2007. >> pretty secluded area next to a forest preserve. >> so it was. and it was clear and dark and still and vacant. here where the deep wood fought back against the decaying suburban sprawl, and then nothing was clear at all. >> i never cried this violent cry. >> you're experiencing everything but it's not true. >> you're just waiting to wake up. >> it just feels like you're literally in a nightmare. >> yes, still does. the name you'll want to remember is nailah. >> the meaning was one who succeeds. >> this is nailah's mother maria. >> i wanted her to be successful and she was. she lived her name. >> quite true. frankly, have the rest of them in this big family. this is leah, the firstborn. >> we might need a graph or a chart because it's kind of involved. >> full siblings, half siblings, quarter siblings once removed. that sort

here's keith morrison with more of our story.moke and mirrors." >> september 19th, 2007, dawned in chicago like any other late summer day. hot, humid, windy. the usual. except for one thing. nailah franklin, ambitious, dependable and always on her phone was suddenly radio silent. even with her new love, andre. >> i called her that morning. e-mailed her. called her again. early afternoon. >> and that's when he sent her that all caps e-mail. are you alive? and you probably didn't mean it the way it really was. >> no, like you say to someone, are you there? >> at the end of the workday, big sister lee yeah did get a call. not from the nailah, but from nailah's boss. >> he said she had missed a meeting. immediately my spidey senses were high. so of course, i tried to call her. didn't get her. >> so leah called her friends and other siblings. had anyone heard from nailah? >> i didn't speak with her the day before. >> i said no, i haven't talk to her. >> nicole feared. she called the chicago p.d., filed a missing person's report and th

here's keith morrison with "under a full moon." >> reporter: she was finished now. tired, wrung out. must have been as she walked away from the incessantly ' chirping machinery and the bleary eyes of the gamblers on holiday from real life who'd called out for her again and again and again. outside in the night, a full moon bathed the great houses of delight and sin in an unaccustomed shade of pale. it was september 29, 2012. at precisely 3:00 in the morning, in a back room of the palms casino, the cocktail waitress named shauna tiaffay inserted her time card in the stamping machine, and set out to break a little rule. shauna had parked her car in the back lot, a practice discouraged because surveillance cameras were unable to track her all the way to her car. still easier this way. quicker. and after all, would a stalker really be waiting for her here, under a full moon? >> it was absolutely horrible. and we felt so helpless. >> it's every woman's worst nightmare. >> we didn't know if any of us were next. >> reporter: it never occurred to shauna to become a cocktail

here again the keith morrison. >>> 7:00 a.m., january 16th, 2014. a cold morning in walsenburg, colorado. >> 911, where is your emergency? >> reporter: ralph and pam candelario's neighbor had been on her way to work. >> we need an ambulance. >> reporter: fahry trujillo had never encountered anything like this before. >> i looked over, and he was saying, help me, help me. >> reporter: ralph was on the ground in front of his house hurt. >> i got to him and asked him if he needed help. and he seemed to be kind of out of it. >> reporter: finally, ralph managed to get the words out. he and his wife had been attacked and robbed. fahry, afraid the attackers might still be in the house, called 911. >> he looks like he's been shot, he said someone broke in last night, him and his wife both. >> how are they doing? >> he's not good. he's crying and he keeps telling me go help her. she's in the kitchen. i'm going to get my neighbor to help me here. [ knocking ] ralph, we're getting help for you, ralph. okay? >> reporter: the police arrived, went into the house

here's keith morrison with "a place on the sand." ? >>> reporter: there is a little island, its own bit of fantasy, off the gulf coast of florida. >> it's kind of a little paradise here. >> it is paradise. and it just gets better and better, we think. where high rise condos are banned, is seven miles of unspoiled white sand, unspoiled houses, unspoiled people, too, most of them. >> when you come across the bridge, it's a whole different life. i mean, yeah, you just come across the bridge and it's like ah. >> it is. >> reporter: and here is where she found her little paradise, too. came all the way from germany for it. sabine musil-buehler. and whether they called her sabina, or as some did, sabine, they all knew her here on the island. larger than life person. >> absolutely. and the minute you met her, you just were drawn to her. i mean, she was just one of those people that you wanted to get to know better. >> reporter: and even now, looking back on what happened to sabine on the awful mystery. it just doesn't seem possible, not here.

here's keith morrison with "family secrets." >>> it's called the secret. it's an international best seller which claims to be based they think it will lead them to whatever they desire. >> you know this secret gives you everything you want. happiness, health and wealth. >> but as we all know, there are other kinds of secrets that lead to a far darker place. >> his dad has a gun. he heard gunshots. >> in northern california, not far from the famous om prison, there's a town called roseville, home to a true believer in the secret. his name? chris northam, 40-something, divorced. a father who just guided two sons to adulthood. this is the younger one, cody. >> he's an extremely supportive father. we've always been extremely close. i always knew that my family was the closest family i've ever known. >> this is cody's big brother, chris northam, jr., who brought >> we all just kind of became this group. we all just kind of meshed together really well. >> averill easley fell for chris junior right away. >> he enjoyed the things that i enjoyed, which was action s

here's keith morrison with "after the storm." >> reporter: it was the afternoon of november 15th, austin, texas, 4:00 p.m. there was something ominous in the air. suddenly the smell of it, the familiar feel of it against the skin. a storm coming. something big. >> they did tell us on the news, if you don't have to go out tonight, don't. overhead turned dark like midnight in the afternoon. >> and when it gets like that, it's pitch black out, and you have the fear for tornadoes. >> reporter: sure enough, said the announcers on tv, twisters had been spotted headed towards parts of the city including the northwest. >> and diane lived in the northwest. and i called her and i said, hey, girl, you know, they just said that there was a tornado heading in your direction. and she's like, my direction? and she's like, i don't know what to do. i've never been in a tornado. >> reporte >> she was very freaked out. >> reporter: but then the ferocious rain and hellish wind and fickle funnel clouds dipped and swirled around the city. the next morning, a friday, it was all over. friends checked on friends

dateline correspondent keith morrison. we hung out at an arcade. well nbc added a new member to the family. the newest coach of "the voice" miley cyrus, and because of that they ordered me a 42 year old man with a wife and a son to become friends with miley cyrus, a 23-year-old pop star, and some may say i maybe tried too hard but now you can see for yourself in "forced friends with seth and ?? >> seth: hey guys, what's up? seth meyers here and i'm about to take the newest coach of the voice and latest edition to the nbc family, miley cyrus on a tour of rockefeller center. and just to show her i'm a cool young guy who can hang i got my septum pierced. [ laughter ] >> come in. hey seth, how's it going? >> seth: hey! what's up playa? [ laughter ] that was a dab. i do dabbing. [ light laughter ] >> is that a septum piercing? >> seth: yes! this is a septum ring. >> is it real or fake? >> seth: well, do you think it's cool? >> no. >> seth: it's fake. [ light laughter ] here, i'll show you. ow, ow, ow. >> oh, stop, stop. ?? >> seth: so, this is studio 8g